Job 4:17

A Secret Was Told To Me

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“The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying:
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‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?
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‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.

Before God

Be Clean

O God

Job

Job 9:2

“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?

Job 25:4

“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing—to strike the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right [by executing just and righteous judgment]?”

Job 8:3

“Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Job 9:30-31

“If I were to wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,

Job 14:4

“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!

Job 15:14

“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?

Job 35:2

“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

Job 35:10

“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who gives songs [of rejoicing] in the night,

Job 40:8

“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?

Psalm 143:2

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways
And gracious and kind in all His works.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.

Jeremiah 12:1

You, O Lord are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You;
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?

Mark 7:20-23

And He said, “Whatever comes from [the heart of] a man, that is what defiles and dishonors him.

Romans 2:5

But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 3:4-7

Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture],

“That You may be justified in Your words,
And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].”

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways!

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying,

“Holy, holy, holy [is the] Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], who was and who is and who is to come [the unchanging, eternal God].”